lannychuck

Saw this movie with wife and two grand daughters. I was the only male in the audience--but, hey, there were only four people in the theater. And I think this is too bad. While I suppose this is a teenage chick flick, I thought it transcended most of that genre in that the main characters were intelligent, genuine human beings and not MTV stereotypes. The four actresses were up to the material and were able to convey their characters' strengths and weaknesses effectively. I also appreciated (as a male) that the young men in the film were shown as caring and decent--not just "dreamboats", funny sidekicks, or sex-crazed drunken frat boys--the other male stereotypes in so many films aimed at teens. This is a movie I think most females can relate to and that most mature viewers could enjoy except, maybe, for the guys who are still in arrested development and think that the only good movie is one where people and things get blown up or otherwise destroyed. And, hey, I like those movies too when they have a good script and good direction.

Whenever I think of great comedies, Swingers is at the top of my list. Favreau and Vaughn are a great comic team and this film delivers more laughs than just about any film I have seen in the last ten years. You especially appreciate it if you have ever lived in Southern California. The scene where they all take off to a party in their individual cars got especially big laughs from me and my wife as we recall how car crazy it can get in that part of the country. I think Vaughn is one of the great comic actors of this era and this is definitely one of his best films to date. I recently saw Some Like It Hot again after many, many years and I think Swingers is on an equal basis.